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george washington and thomas jefferson and james monroe and james madison grew hemp. interesting. those guys all grew hemp. of course, our last three presidents also used drugs. >> when i was inning grand i experimented with with marijuana a time or two and didn't like it and didn't inhale and never tried it again. >> cenk: i like clinton as a president but that was the most ridiculous lie i ever heard. then there was george w. bush. in a secret recording to a guy named doug weed, he said. >> of course he didn't mind putting those kids in jail for exactly what he tried. here's president obama. >> when i was a kid i -- i inhaled. frequently. that was the point. >> so it's all very funny of course when president obama jokes about it, but none the less all these people go to jail anyway for the same thing the last three done. jay carney says: >> cenk: our hypocrisy also remains unchanged. one guy fighting back is the executive director of harborside health center, one of the largest dispensaries in california. he's been a marijuana advocate for 20 years. it's great to have you with u
george washington and thomas jefferson and james monroe and james madison grew hemp. interesting. those guys all grew hemp. of course, our last three presidents also used drugs. >> when i was inning grand i experimented with with marijuana a time or two and didn't like it and didn't inhale and never tried it again. >> cenk: i like clinton as a president but that was the most ridiculous lie i ever heard. then there was george w. bush. in a secret recording to a guy named doug weed,...
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the tea party agrees occupy wall street agrees everybody agrees except the ones in washington. let me see if i can find disagreement between us. >> i'm sure you can. >> in the book you talk about balancing the budget. i want to balance the budget. but i think one of the ways to do that is raise taxes. doesn't it make senses to get back to rates that are sensible. >> 64% of americans today say the nation is overtaxed, but would be willing to pay higher taxes if they were convinced that spending was being cut in a very serious manner. if you make serious progress towards cuts and throw more money into the kitty, they think that would be okay, but they don't think government spending will really go down. >> scott one last thing, then. doesn't it make a huge difference if you separate it out and say would you like to raise taxes on the rich? republicans always say nobody wants to raise taxes on anyone? but isn't it true it is proposed to raise taxes 70 to 80% on the rich? >> it's really kind of fun to look into that. if you say, yes, this is a good idea. would you support a candida
the tea party agrees occupy wall street agrees everybody agrees except the ones in washington. let me see if i can find disagreement between us. >> i'm sure you can. >> in the book you talk about balancing the budget. i want to balance the budget. but i think one of the ways to do that is raise taxes. doesn't it make senses to get back to rates that are sensible. >> 64% of americans today say the nation is overtaxed, but would be willing to pay higher taxes if they were...
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. ♪ >>> indeed it is "the young turks" power panel, and we are joined by washington, d.c. by joel legman and michael hastings is right by my side as always. gentlemen terrible news out of syria today. syria is the scene of so much carnage. this is the worst. let's see a little bit about the bombings in syria today. [ explosion ] >> two huge explosions in quick succession that shook the sirrian capitol. it is thought suicide bombers had been traveling in vehicles packed with explosives the attack was clearly planned to inflict mass casualties. >> sounds even more grave with an english accent like that. with the world sitting on its hands with syria, is it time? >> it is certainly terrible what is going on in syria, and i think understandably people are asking what can we do. but this is a really complicated situation, even more so than say libya, because there is a lot of dissension even among the opposition in syria. if you topple the government there might be a risk of igniting a civil war or a proxy war between the united states or whatever allies you can get together an
. ♪ >>> indeed it is "the young turks" power panel, and we are joined by washington, d.c. by joel legman and michael hastings is right by my side as always. gentlemen terrible news out of syria today. syria is the scene of so much carnage. this is the worst. let's see a little bit about the bombings in syria today. [ explosion ] >> two huge explosions in quick succession that shook the sirrian capitol. it is thought suicide bombers had been traveling in vehicles...
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is the money in washington. >> we talked about this in the morning, and now it's like, look, you are telling me you are going to keep all of the popular provisions. who do you think pays your bills. of course, the health insurance companies aren't going to let you do that, you work for them. >> yeah, somebody made a phone call and said absolutely nothing. because they know they are inter connected. you can't do these pieces and get any sort of solution without putting the whole puzzle together. >> look, to me i'm 50/50 on the plan because it makes us buy from these private insurance companies, that's a portion of the plan they love! they are not going to let the republicans. they are like use with beat him up over it for politics but when it comes down to it you are keeping the damn mandate. >> right. there are some things that have already started to go in to place. the preexisting coverage doesn't come into play until 2014 so they may be able to do that with a mandate. >> yeah, my point on it is that it's funny, they sometimes forget that they are corporate robots, and if you don't
is the money in washington. >> we talked about this in the morning, and now it's like, look, you are telling me you are going to keep all of the popular provisions. who do you think pays your bills. of course, the health insurance companies aren't going to let you do that, you work for them. >> yeah, somebody made a phone call and said absolutely nothing. because they know they are inter connected. you can't do these pieces and get any sort of solution without putting the whole...
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two guys who are part of the conventional wisdom in washington. they have written tremendous things. they wrote a whole book. these are the points that i love. they said if you want to use a strategy of "i'm going to lie all the time" when you have the false equivalence of the mainstream press you get away with it. their philosophy is supposed to be that they represent the middle class so they don't have to lie as much as the guys who only rich the very, represent the very, very rich. if you call it even every time you're going to let the republicans get away with it. you think they don't know that? if voters are going to be able to hold accountable political figures they got to know what is going on. and if the story you're telling repeatedly that they're all to blame, they're equally to blame then you're really doing a disservice to the voters and not doing what journalism is supposed to do. that's exactly right. if you call it 50/50 you're lying to your audience. you're helping the republicans lie to the voters. what you need to do is to be obj
two guys who are part of the conventional wisdom in washington. they have written tremendous things. they wrote a whole book. these are the points that i love. they said if you want to use a strategy of "i'm going to lie all the time" when you have the false equivalence of the mainstream press you get away with it. their philosophy is supposed to be that they represent the middle class so they don't have to lie as much as the guys who only rich the very, represent the very, very rich....
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and four states already have more minorities than whites hah hah, washington, d.c. california, and new mexico and texas. that will be very important politically at one point. let me bring you guys in now. raul let me start with you. now that whites will soon be the minority, should they have civil rights, meaning for example, affirmative action? should we give affirmative action for white folks? >> first of all, even right now white people do benefit from the provisions of the civil rights act. if you are a white woman, senior citizen, or gay person you are benefitting from the civil right's act, but moving forward if we reach the point in society where there is systemic discrimination, then yes. i believe in civil rights for blacks asians, hispanics even the turkish people. >> i am going to love the day when whites are like thank god for affirmative action. here in california whites do need affirmative action otherwise the entire system would be asian. okay. that is a brood generalization by the way. [ laughter ] >> what do you think? should affirmative action appl
and four states already have more minorities than whites hah hah, washington, d.c. california, and new mexico and texas. that will be very important politically at one point. let me bring you guys in now. raul let me start with you. now that whites will soon be the minority, should they have civil rights, meaning for example, affirmative action? should we give affirmative action for white folks? >> first of all, even right now white people do benefit from the provisions of the civil...
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conventionalism in washington, d.c. is that president obama is too liberal and then too tough on the banks. we say the exact opposite, he has not been tough enough. and it turns out that the country agrees with us. a poll of swing states that are little important in the election, and look at the results. the question is president obama has not done enough to hold the banks accountable, and pennsylvania 63% agree, 29% disagree. nevada, 69% agree 2525 disagrees. north carolina, agree, they all agree by large margins. president obama has not done enough to go after wall street. get a load of this question. should the bankers be criminally charged for what they did during the crisis with the. >> -for-the. >> florida, 69 agree that. nevada, 77%. pennsylvania, 77%. for the love of god go after the bankers! it's good policy. it's good politics. go get them! now a guy who agrees with us is a face you might recognize richard kind is a person who has been in mad about you. spin city. so many different shows and he was at the whit
conventionalism in washington, d.c. is that president obama is too liberal and then too tough on the banks. we say the exact opposite, he has not been tough enough. and it turns out that the country agrees with us. a poll of swing states that are little important in the election, and look at the results. the question is president obama has not done enough to hold the banks accountable, and pennsylvania 63% agree, 29% disagree. nevada, 69% agree 2525 disagrees. north carolina, agree, they all...
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just this past week or two weeks ago john boehner went to a fiscal summit in washington, d.c. the speaker of the house talking about--you'll remember last summer, the debate over the debt ceiling, whether it should be raised. john boehner brought it up again, something that mate congress approval level just plummet. of course they did raise the debt ceiling without a lot of the concessions that either side wanted to put in place to get out of the other side. here is john boehner still talking about this. >> yes, allowing america to default on its debt would be irresponsible. but it would be more irresponsible to raise the debt ceiling without taking dramatic steps to reduce spending and reform the budget process. when the time comes i will again insist, my principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase. >> personally i cannot think of anything more politically foolish. whatever you think of john boehner, he's smarter than the guy who stands there and says we oughting to back to the debt ceiling. even jay carney and the white house were dumbfounded that the
just this past week or two weeks ago john boehner went to a fiscal summit in washington, d.c. the speaker of the house talking about--you'll remember last summer, the debate over the debt ceiling, whether it should be raised. john boehner brought it up again, something that mate congress approval level just plummet. of course they did raise the debt ceiling without a lot of the concessions that either side wanted to put in place to get out of the other side. here is john boehner still talking...
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the gridlock in washington is the fault of the republicans. they need to come forth and not be the instructionists. boehner could be the real leader. all we're asking is revenue cuts. we know we have to have cuts. i think there is going to be something done in this lame duck session, and i think john boehner will step up and we'll move forward to the 21st century. >> cenk: some are worried that the grand bargaining is not progressive. more s spending cuts than we have now even though there is sequestration. if this pore ports spending cuts. >> i'm not sure what you mean by the grand bargain. >> cenk: president obama proposed $3 in spending cuts for 1 dollar in tax revenue. >> you know, it depends on where the $3 come from. he wants to cut defense to some extent maybe not as much as i would like to see it cut. it will hurt some of my constituents, but we have to deal with the deficit. that is a reality. if we can get revenue an get it together, i think there will be some pain but the country needs to have it for overall fiscal security. >> cenk
the gridlock in washington is the fault of the republicans. they need to come forth and not be the instructionists. boehner could be the real leader. all we're asking is revenue cuts. we know we have to have cuts. i think there is going to be something done in this lame duck session, and i think john boehner will step up and we'll move forward to the 21st century. >> cenk: some are worried that the grand bargaining is not progressive. more s spending cuts than we have now even though...
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we are back on "the young turks" here in washington, d.c. and i want to tell you one last great story. earlier in the week we told you about a shareholders meeting at wells fargo where there were thousands of protesters now barclays and credit swisse are having the same problem. they give $1.1 billion in dividends, and took $1.1 billion for executives. here is the quote of the day:
we are back on "the young turks" here in washington, d.c. and i want to tell you one last great story. earlier in the week we told you about a shareholders meeting at wells fargo where there were thousands of protesters now barclays and credit swisse are having the same problem. they give $1.1 billion in dividends, and took $1.1 billion for executives. here is the quote of the day:
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why would anybody in washington push for this deal? they claim it's bold, but unless i'm seeing it wrong it takes the majority of the money from the middle class and poor and i don't think the rich chip in at all for that deal. is that something that the progressives should be excited about or not be excited about? >> i think it's classic--essentially there is argument to be made that the presidency has been sent to right. the president's favorite columnist is david brooks. the david brooks column in the "new york times." i don't think that in terms of how progressives should feel about it, i can't speak to that, but i think it's certainly a middle of the road, not very aggressive, not giving too much to the left on it. >> cenk: michael hastings, thank you for that report. we appreciate it as usual. let me chip in my two cents on this. this is not a progressive compromise. it's not even close. it's days like this that i get discouraged. you see these great speeches and they're quite progressive then you find out the next day they're go
why would anybody in washington push for this deal? they claim it's bold, but unless i'm seeing it wrong it takes the majority of the money from the middle class and poor and i don't think the rich chip in at all for that deal. is that something that the progressives should be excited about or not be excited about? >> i think it's classic--essentially there is argument to be made that the presidency has been sent to right. the president's favorite columnist is david brooks. the david...
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in washington, it is projected to pass. maryland is pro gay marriage, and the people of maine saying yes, we want to legalize gay marriage. i want to bring in evan glass, the chair for equal night maryland. i want to talk about those victories from last night. what is the difference between now and in 2004 as an example when they used gay marriage to actually beat john kerry putting ballot initiatives on there at the same time as the kerry-bush campaign? >> hi, cenk. i think since 2004 we've had a lot of conversations. people in the lgbt community has talked to their neighbors their coworkers, their family members and basically telling people who they are telling people their life story. it was much harder to ignore them and much harder to demonize them as well. so once members of the lgbt community start sharing who they are with members of the community, with their state with their country you change hearts and minds. when i talk to people about my relationship with my husband people look at me, they smile. they see we ha
in washington, it is projected to pass. maryland is pro gay marriage, and the people of maine saying yes, we want to legalize gay marriage. i want to bring in evan glass, the chair for equal night maryland. i want to talk about those victories from last night. what is the difference between now and in 2004 as an example when they used gay marriage to actually beat john kerry putting ballot initiatives on there at the same time as the kerry-bush campaign? >> hi, cenk. i think since 2004...
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he said while here in washington he has arranged meetings in which he is expected to discuss key issues, including possible changes to the foreign corrupt practices act the anti-bribery law that under girds one federal probe into his casino network with knowledge of this plan. one other thing why have two republican insiders who are on his side leaked in information including spending $150 million to "huffington post"? now wouldn't that normally make him look like a fool? he spent all this money and got nothing? no he wants to put the word out on the street to republicans and democrats alike. see where this money came from? there is a lot more money where that came from. republicans, if you play ball with me, if you back me up, next election there is another $150 million in it for you. normally they don't like the press at all. during the rnc the producer was trying to talk to him and had this confrontation with his daughter. >> how much are you going to spend on this election? >> get off me. >> i did not touch her. she ran back into me. she just grabbed our camera--this woman just grab
he said while here in washington he has arranged meetings in which he is expected to discuss key issues, including possible changes to the foreign corrupt practices act the anti-bribery law that under girds one federal probe into his casino network with knowledge of this plan. one other thing why have two republican insiders who are on his side leaked in information including spending $150 million to "huffington post"? now wouldn't that normally make him look like a fool? he spent all...
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it's too important for washington to screw this up. >> cenk: nonetheless they probable will. president obama came out and gave a speech that was fairly progressive, and he argued only for tax cuts for the bottom 911%. watch. >> obama: if both parties agree we should not raise taxes on middle class families, let's begin our work with where we agree. if we can get a few house republicans to agree as well, i'll sign this bill as soon as congress sends it my way. i got to repeat--i got a pen. i'm ready to sign it. >> cenk: my god, he's got a pen. so do i. and i'll have more for you in just a minute. that's good. and one of the top republicans in the house, he came out and said something very interesting. he said, i think we ought to take the 98% deal right now. that's a little bit of a panic in the republicans and that's great news. but who is going to throw a monkey wrench into it? of course, john boehner. >> earlier in our conference meeting that i disagreed with him. he's a wonderful friend of mine and a great supporter of mine. the goal here is to grow the economy and control
it's too important for washington to screw this up. >> cenk: nonetheless they probable will. president obama came out and gave a speech that was fairly progressive, and he argued only for tax cuts for the bottom 911%. watch. >> obama: if both parties agree we should not raise taxes on middle class families, let's begin our work with where we agree. if we can get a few house republicans to agree as well, i'll sign this bill as soon as congress sends it my way. i got to repeat--i got...